It's out in the world, friends! This is a truly lovely book, I absolutely bawled, and it stood alone perfectly--I still have yet to read PS.

(Well. UK and Croatian friends. The rest shall follow.) ( )

Okay, so I entered this one at a disadvantage. I had not read the original book (and still haven't...yet) prior to reading this and while I ADORED the film, I can't help but think the book may have been dramatically different, at least in the case of our leading lady, Holly. She seemed much more despondent than I imagined her to be after everything that transpired. I mean, I wasn't expecting her to jump for joy over all the little things in life, but she seemed so un-Holly that I had a hard to connecting with her. What is being asked of her by those in the P.S. I Love You group, going through similar things like her dearly departed, would be understandably hard...but, and perhaps it's my outsider perspective as observer versus participant, I would have thought she could more easily see the beauty, the assist, the heavy heart help that she was providing. Not that it was her job, not that she had to flay her heart open again, these seven years later, for essentially strangers, but they weren't really strangers now, were they? They were connected by something that those of us living our every day lives don't even consider on the regular...the countdown to the end of their time. So, for me, the story was good, and I enjoyed things far more when she really got started, but until that point, it was a hard climb. Perhaps if you've read the first, or when I backtrack and do so, the character and her reactions will make more sense.


**ARC received for review; opinions are my own ( )

I had forgotten what it was like to read a work by Cecelia Ahern. I had forgotten Gerry and Holly and what PS I Love You meant.
Pushed it aside to a corner of my soul. Forgotten but, still I carried it with me, in moments when I needed it. In moments when confronted by an abyss of unending pain.
Postscript, brought it all back to the forefront.
Thank you for a good cry Cecilia, haven't had that in a while! ( )

It is said that the first book in the series is always the best. But now I see that the second book can be just as wonderful as the first one. I adore how Cecilia Ahern makes such topics as death and loss seem not so disastrous. I was laughing often while I was reading the book and I was crying even more times. But by the end, I was feeling peaceful and delighted. I am very happy to finish this year with such a great read! ( )

A Sequel to "PS, I love You". I was given a sample of the first three chapters of Cecelia Ahern's new Book Postscript, Very easy to read, can't wait for the full version of the book to come out on 19 Sept 2019.

Thanks to the author, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, and NetGalley for the sample review copy. Opinions are mine.

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